单词 | ratiocinator |
释义 | ratiocinatorn. A person who ratiocinates or reasons. Also in extended use of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] > one who reasons arguer1377 reasoner1546 logician1592 discoursist1622 rationalist1625 argumentator1635 ratiocinator1677 1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 28 One who has written both against Seventh-day and First-day-Sabbath, yet confesseth (And he passeth for a potent Ratiocinator) that, the day of Gods Rest was that particular Sabbath which Jehovah gave at Mount Sinai. 1778 A. Kellet Pocket of Prose & Verse 186 The chief virtue in a man (according to this subtle ratiocinator) is fortitude, or courage. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 51 The puzzlement of ratiocinators became profounder than ever. 1898 Philos. Rev. 7 358 He is apt..to condemn philosophers, as bloodless ratiocinators, whose thinking leads to futile or fatuous results. 1928 Times 16 May 14/3 Mr. Charles Laughton, with little help from the text, makes a personality out of the fat and sentimental little ratiocinator. 1971 tr. J. Kristeva in S. Heath et al. Signs of Times 4 His [sc. Leibniz's] attempt to construct a ‘calculus ratiocinator’. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Book World) 11 Poe's gushy horror, Conan Doyle's flapless ratiocinator who lives the perfect boy's life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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